Iceland vs Libya statistics compared

Iceland has a population of 405K (ranked 172/197), compared with 7.38M in Libya (ranked 105/197). Iceland's land area is 38,931 sq mi versus 679,362 sq mi for Libya (ranked 104th vs. 16th).

By GDP, Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B) and Libya ranks 96/197 ($46.6B). By GDP per capita, Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704), while Libya ranks 110/197 ($6,318).

Iceland and Libya: Comparison Charts

Iceland and Libya economies compared

GDP

Iceland

Libya

Table

Year	GDP
	Iceland	Libya
1960	$252,169,712	$401,644,249
1961	$257,703,245	$443,905,612
1962	$289,200,704	$619,725,785
1963	$345,175,036	$892,327,911
1964	$440,797,869	$1,341,395,421
1965	$531,569,564	$1,804,979,680
1966	$638,349,755	$2,312,438,536
1967	$630,567,116	$2,726,986,913
1968	$481,532,848	$3,850,623,095
1969	$420,945,148	$4,380,987,481
1970	$526,704,545	$4,601,649,451
1971	$670,251,136	$5,260,185,125
1972	$839,652,164	$6,299,395,544
1973	$1,154,440,253	$8,625,889,430
1974	$1,515,190,595	$15,112,543,717
1975	$1,406,875,081	$14,710,912,458
1976	$1,669,488,390	$19,096,943,017
1977	$2,208,509,076	$22,428,297,108
1978	$2,511,826,196	$22,136,422,643
1979	$2,853,435,054	$30,536,429,497
1980	$3,381,419,251	$40,953,924,949
1981	$3,492,997,010	$36,374,353,880
1982	$3,206,626,645	$33,760,146,991
1983	$2,765,950,336	$33,200,520,140
1984	$2,864,441,387	$29,476,109,153
1985	$2,984,052,357	$31,530,566,324
1986	$3,989,622,739	$24,180,400,959
1987	$5,520,318,405	$26,697,659,335
1988	$6,106,635,816	$24,308,959,591
1989	$5,672,569,449	$25,156,707,899
1990	$6,468,736,356	$28,904,183,602
1991	$6,909,730,288	$31,991,821,265
1992	$7,080,981,738	$33,887,047,909
1993	$6,218,581,532	$30,660,051,911
1994	$6,389,460,343	$28,610,549,763
1995	$7,123,633,418	$25,541,379,187
1996	$7,426,082,271	$27,884,615,385
1997	$7,569,672,925	$30,700,897,875
1998	$8,503,746,468	$27,251,301,398
1999	$8,982,047,589	$35,975,860,857
2000	$9,025,660,362	$38,270,954,138
2001	$8,234,846,805	$34,112,093,927
2002	$9,318,395,055	$20,481,889,764
2003	$11,429,333,038	$26,265,625,000
2004	$13,825,302,536	$33,122,307,692
2005	$16,852,963,067	$47,334,691,241
2006	$17,465,318,552	$60,094,231,607
2007	$21,652,505,597	$68,032,978,391
2008	$18,074,622,987	$86,710,767,415
2009	$13,154,414,219	$60,808,562,033
2010	$13,751,161,918	$75,380,825,062
2011	$15,221,622,926	$48,169,263,294
2012	$14,751,508,134	$92,540,938,129
2013	$16,125,060,515	$75,351,107,029
2014	$17,867,662,178	$57,372,355,592
2015	$17,517,210,519	$48,717,501,321
2016	$20,793,168,031	$49,912,073,701
2017	$24,728,285,177	$67,157,452,182
2018	$26,260,850,582	$76,686,029,772
2019	$24,681,343,649	$69,254,496,472
2020	$21,629,953,194	$46,854,285,441
2021	$25,770,339,317	$35,217,995,647
2022	$28,696,453,180	$43,246,297,922
2023	$31,452,223,862	$45,096,462,972
2024	$33,462,807,983	$46,636,278,902

Iceland and Libya economies compared

GDP per capita

Iceland

Libya

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Iceland	Libya
1960	$1,436	$269
1961	$1,439	$285.3
1962	$1,586	$382
1963	$1,859	$528
1964	$2,332	$765
1965	$2,764	$1,001
1966	$3,264	$1,251
1967	$3,173	$1,437
1968	$2,390	$1,972
1969	$2,070	$2,175
1970	$2,576	$2,210
1971	$3,252	$2,443
1972	$4,015	$2,830
1973	$5,437	$3,727
1974	$7,041	$6,214
1975	$6,454	$5,721
1976	$7,583	$7,018
1977	$9,957	$7,783
1978	$11,237	$7,252
1979	$12,641	$9,443
1980	$14,822	$11,960
1981	$15,137	$10,044
1982	$13,712	$9,064
1983	$11,672	$8,927
1984	$11,960	$7,811
1985	$12,361	$8,087
1986	$16,406	$6,019
1987	$22,453	$6,465
1988	$24,452	$5,736
1989	$22,434	$5,793
1990	$25,385	$6,502
1991	$26,803	$7,040
1992	$27,124	$7,303
1993	$23,580	$6,478
1994	$24,019	$5,933
1995	$26,634	$5,205
1996	$27,615	$5,591
1997	$27,919	$6,062
1998	$31,030	$5,301
1999	$32,382	$6,895
2000	$32,096	$7,214
2001	$28,897	$6,313
2002	$32,409	$3,718
2003	$39,477	$4,674
2004	$47,335	$5,774
2005	$56,795	$8,079
2006	$57,493	$10,049
2007	$69,496	$11,145
2008	$56,943	$13,906
2009	$41,301	$9,551
2010	$43,237	$11,601
2011	$47,715	$7,594
2012	$45,996	$14,976
2013	$49,805	$11,952
2014	$54,577	$8,926
2015	$52,952	$7,458
2016	$61,988	$7,526
2017	$72,010	$9,966
2018	$74,452	$11,197
2019	$68,452	$9,963
2020	$59,024	$6,650
2021	$69,178	$4,936
2022	$75,121	$5,987
2023	$79,960	$6,173
2024	$82,704	$6,318

Iceland vs. Libya life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Iceland

Libya

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Iceland	Libya
1950	71	33.1
1951	71	33.5
1952	72.4	33.8
1953	72.3	34.2
1954	73.3	34.7
1955	73.3	35.2
1956	72.9	36
1957	73.4	36.9
1958	73.3	38
1959	72.6	39.3
1960	74	40.8
1961	73.4	42.4
1962	73.6	44.1
1963	72.9	45.6
1964	73.5	47.7
1965	73.8	49.3
1966	73.1	50.9
1967	73.7	52.5
1968	73.9	53.8
1969	73.7	55.2
1970	73.8	56.4
1971	73.5	57.6
1972	74.4	58.7
1973	74.3	59.7
1974	74.1	60.7
1975	75.3	61.6
1976	76.6	62.4
1977	76.1	63.1
1978	76.4	63.8
1979	76.5	64.3
1980	76.6	64.8
1981	76.2	65.3
1982	76.8	65.8
1983	76.4	66.3
1984	77.3	66.7
1985	77.4	67.3
1986	77.9	67.8
1987	77.1	68.3
1988	76.9	68.6
1989	77.9	69
1990	77.7	69.3
1991	77.8	69.6
1992	78.6	70
1993	78.8	70.2
1994	79	70.5
1995	77.5	70.6
1996	78.6	70.7
1997	78.7	70.7
1998	79.4	70.7
1999	79.2	70.6
2000	79.5	70.5
2001	80.4	70.7
2002	80.3	70.8
2003	80.8	71
2004	80.7	71.2
2005	81.2	71.4
2006	80.9	71.6
2007	81.1	71.8
2008	81.2	71.9
2009	81.4	72.1
2010	81.6	72.2
2011	82	69.9
2012	82.3	72.2
2013	81.7	72.3
2014	82.4	71.3
2015	82.2	71.6
2016	81.8	71.8
2017	82.2	72.7
2018	82.5	73.2
2019	82.8	72.9
2020	82.7	72.4
2021	82.8	72.1
2022	81.6	74.5
2023	82.7	69.3
2024	83	71.1
2025	83.2	73.2

Iceland and Libya population clocks and comparison

Population

Iceland

Libya

Table

Year	Population
	Iceland	Libya
1960	175,574	1,492,890
1961	179,029	1,555,699
1962	182,378	1,621,960
1963	185,653	1,690,457
1964	188,983	1,753,691
1965	192,286	1,804,015
1966	195,570	1,849,063
1967	198,751	1,898,199
1968	201,488	1,952,781
1969	203,369	2,014,293
1970	204,438	2,082,589
1971	206,098	2,153,534
1972	209,137	2,226,091
1973	212,317	2,314,193
1974	215,209	2,432,211
1975	217,979	2,571,556
1976	220,154	2,721,237
1977	221,799	2,881,533
1978	223,537	3,052,526
1979	225,735	3,233,846
1980	228,138	3,424,378
1981	230,755	3,621,486
1982	233,860	3,724,765
1983	236,977	3,718,961
1984	239,511	3,773,633
1985	241,405	3,898,745
1986	243,180	4,017,403
1987	245,859	4,129,739
1988	249,740	4,237,755
1989	252,852	4,342,920
1990	254,826	4,445,239
1991	257,797	4,544,400
1992	261,057	4,640,352
1993	263,725	4,733,045
1994	266,021	4,822,037
1995	267,468	4,906,843
1996	268,916	4,987,393
1997	271,128	5,064,639
1998	274,047	5,140,704
1999	277,381	5,218,038
2000	281,205	5,305,021
2001	284,968	5,403,639
2002	287,523	5,508,410
2003	289,521	5,619,398
2004	292,074	5,736,693
2005	296,734	5,858,798
2006	303,782	5,980,211
2007	311,566	6,104,380
2008	317,414	6,235,430
2009	318,499	6,366,686
2010	318,041	6,497,839
2011	319,014	6,343,203
2012	320,716	6,179,328
2013	323,764	6,304,628
2014	327,386	6,427,252
2015	330,815	6,531,819
2016	335,439	6,632,126
2017	343,400	6,738,770
2018	352,721	6,849,055
2019	360,563	6,951,033
2020	366,463	7,045,399
2021	372,520	7,135,175
2022	382,003	7,223,805
2023	393,349	7,305,659
2024	404,610	7,381,023

Fertility rates in Iceland and Libya

Fertility rate

Iceland

Libya

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Iceland	Libya
1960	4.29	7.51
1961	3.88	7.56
1962	3.98	7.61
1963	3.99	7.69
1964	3.88	7.75
1965	3.73	7.82
1966	3.59	7.89
1967	3.28	7.93
1968	3.06	7.97
1969	2.99	8.01
1970	2.81	8.05
1971	2.92	8.1
1972	3.09	8.07
1973	2.94	8.05
1974	2.66	8.02
1975	2.65	7.98
1976	2.52	7.93
1977	2.31	7.87
1978	2.35	7.79
1979	2.49	7.68
1980	2.48	7.54
1981	2.33	7.37
1982	2.27	7.16
1983	2.24	6.91
1984	2.08	6.62
1985	1.93	6.33
1986	1.92	6.02
1987	2.06	5.72
1988	2.26	5.41
1989	2.19	5.09
1990	2.3	4.78
1991	2.18	4.46
1992	2.21	4.16
1993	2.22	3.88
1994	2.14	3.65
1995	2.08	3.44
1996	2.12	3.26
1997	2.04	3.13
1998	2.05	3.04
1999	1.99	2.97
2000	2.08	2.91
2001	1.95	2.87
2002	1.93	2.83
2003	1.99	2.8
2004	2.04	2.77
2005	2.05	2.77
2006	2.08	2.7
2007	2.09	2.65
2008	2.15	2.6
2009	2.23	2.56
2010	2.2	2.6
2011	2.02	2.65
2012	2.04	2.68
2013	1.93	2.72
2014	1.93	2.75
2015	1.8	2.71
2016	1.74	2.67
2017	1.71	2.63
2018	1.71	2.58
2019	1.74	2.54
2020	1.72	2.51
2021	1.82	2.46
2022	1.59	2.4
2023	1.59	2.36

Iceland and Libya demographics compared

Median age

Iceland

Libya

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Iceland	Libya
1960	25.4	18.5
1961	25.2	18.2
1962	24.9	17.9
1963	24.7	17.5
1964	24.4	17.2
1965	24.2	16.7
1966	24.1	15.9
1967	24.1	15.3
1968	24.2	14.9
1969	24.3	14.7
1970	24.5	14.7
1971	24.7	14.7
1972	24.8	14.7
1973	24.9	14.9
1974	25.1	15.3
1975	25.4	15.5
1976	25.7	15.6
1977	26	15.8
1978	26.4	15.9
1979	26.7	15.9
1980	26.9	16
1981	27.2	16.1
1982	27.5	16.3
1983	27.7	16.5
1984	28	16.8
1985	28.4	17.1
1986	28.8	17.3
1987	29.1	17.6
1988	29.3	17.9
1989	29.6	18.2
1990	30	18.6
1991	30.2	18.9
1992	30.5	19.3
1993	30.8	19.7
1994	31.1	20.1
1995	31.5	20.6
1996	31.8	21.1
1997	32.1	21.5
1998	32.4	22
1999	32.6	22.4
2000	32.8	22.7
2001	33	22.9
2002	33.4	23.1
2003	33.7	23.2
2004	34	23.4
2005	34.2	23.6
2006	34.5	23.8
2007	34.6	24.2
2008	34.5	24.6
2009	34.6	25
2010	34.9	25.3
2011	35.1	25.5
2012	35.4	25.7
2013	35.5	25.9
2014	35.7	26.2
2015	36	26.4
2016	36.2	26.6
2017	36.3	26.8
2018	36.4	27
2019	36.5	27.2
2020	36.6	27.5
2021	36.7	27.7
2022	36.7	28
2023	36.9	28.2
2024	37.1	28.5

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